My mom was picking someone up at DFW and she saw a 747-400 KLM Asia plane taxiing on the alpha bridge going to the east side for take off. i knew she wasnt lying because she described the plane for me... this happend tuesday night, at around the time korean air comes in.. just thought you dfw people might want to know!

I work air traffic at the Waco regional airport just south of Dallas and know for a fact that they have had many occasions of late when they were using flows to reduce the number of inbound aircraft (at IAH) due to weather. I also heard that they had to shut down a runway the other day due to the need for repairs. We had a Frontier 737 land at Waco as it was enroute to IAH. The KLM 747 was probably a divert to DFW when it was suppost to go to IAH.

Atcboy73,
I love ATC. I too want to work for some branch of Waco. Then go to AUS, IAH TRACON, then finally to JFK TRACON. We should chat sometime. I listen to my scanner from AUS and I pick up all Waco freqs. Anyway, KLM sometimes comes to DFW on quick, like 1 hour diversions. AUS gets the brunt of west coast/Pacific diversions, with some European exceptions. When IAH is closed, I usually see European traffic divert to MSY.

I bet someone could tell the difference between a KLM and Korean plane. Even though they both are blue, the tails and lettering are quite different. So it must have been a KLM at DFW. Houston has had some bad weather the past few weeks.
Chris

It was a diversion from IAH, as DFW is the only other Texas airport that has the facilities to handle crowded long-haul flights. I know AUS and SAT have customs facilities also, but not to the capacity like DFW. There are one or two pics of CO 777s at DFW due to bad weather at IAH. I am sure that IAH gets some DFW long haul diversions(I would not be surprised if you have seen a Sabena A330 or a JAL MD-11 in IAH due to DFW diversions).
I wish the KLM flight was scheduled
rgds,
blink182

That was a diversion to DFW from IAH. I heard him on my scanner that evening. MSY is the usual diversion airport for the European heavies, Tuesday being my first time hearing KLM divert to DFW. Though thats just what I've noticed, I'm sure its happened many times before. IAH always gets heavies (etc) from DFW, with its notorious stormy weather. Mostly AA and DL planes [767s, MD11s, (formerly) L-1011s, etc], though I've heard Korean land here once.

just curious, how many times has AUS gotten 747s, that would be really interesting to see a large aircraft like that coming in/out of AUS. Although it probably wouldn't go near the spotters area, in favor of the longer runway on the opposite side of the airport

come on guys! some of you guys dont think i know the difference between KLM and KAL? I KNOW the difference, thank you very much, and a diversion makes the most sense... and AUS doesnt have a 17K foot runway, thats longer than Cape Canaveral's space shuttle landing field...

What gate did the KLM plane park at? Was it over at the Delta terminal by Northwest, or was it at terminal B by BA/JAL etc?
Also, did both park at gates and let the pax clear customs in Dallas or did they stick around on the tarmac?
rgds,
blink182